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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who was Nashibitti?
(a) A great singer.
(b) Ernesto Cata's grandfather.
(c) A mythological spirit of the Zuni.
(d) Leaphorn's grandmother.

2. In Chapter 10, what does Leaphorn think is significant that O'Malley doesn't?
(a) The note George left for Cecil.
(b) The appearance of the bird man kachina.
(c) Shorty Bowleg's death.
(d) The missing Bowlegs horse.

3. In Chapter 10, why is O'Malley angry with Leaphorn?
(a) For being Navajo.
(b) For investigating the Bowlegs hogan.
(c) For not finding George Bowlegs.
(d) For being insolent.

4. Who owns the land where the commune sheep graze?
(a) The Zuni tribe.
(b) The Navajo tribe.
(c) Alice Madman.
(d) Frank Bob Madman.

5. In Chapter 6, who is wearing good, but dirty boots?
(a) Halsey.
(b) Oats.
(c) Susanne.
(d) Leaphorn.

6. Isaacs shows Leaphorn a rectangular pink stone from the butt-end of a lance point. What is it made of?
(a) Parallet quartz.
(b) Flaked flint.
(c) Silicified bamboo.
(d) Petrified granite.

7. In Chapter 6, what is the last message that Leaphorn receives from the Window Rock operator?
(a) He has a dentist appointment the next day.
(b) George Bowlegs has been sighted.
(c) His supervisor wants to know about an embezzlement case.
(d) Ernesto Cata's body has been found.

8. What does Cecil's lunchbox say on it?
(a) St. Anthony School.
(b) It says nothing.
(c) Happiness is a strong kite string.
(d) Cecil Bowlegs.

9. When does Dance Hall of the Dead begin?
(a) October 15.
(b) November 30.
(c) December 5.
(d) September 25.

10. In Chapter 3, what does Leaphorn offer Cecil in an effort to get him to open up?
(a) A cigarette.
(b) A candy car.
(c) A cola.
(d) A ride into town.

11. How many spikes does Leaphorn spy on Cata's right shoe?
(a) Four
(b) Five
(c) Six
(d) Seven.

12. What drug does Leaphorn ask if Otis took?
(a) LSD.
(b) Ecstasy.
(c) Crack.
(d) Peyote.

13. What are Belacani?
(a) Non-Navajo people.
(b) White people.
(c) Zuni.
(d) Bad spirits.

14. What is taboo in the eight days leading to Shalako?
(a) Eating before sundown.
(b) Anger.
(c) Laughter.
(d) Associating with non-Zuni people.

15. Leaphorn estimates that Short Bowlegs was killed when?
(a) Several hours.
(b) The day before.
(c) 30 minutes before Leaphorn's arrival.
(d) Early that morning.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 3, how does Leaphorn think of the Zuni village?

2. In Chapter 6, Leaphorn comes up with another explanation for the blood found where Ernesto Cata was last found?

3. According to Cecil, why is a kachina after his brother and Ernesto?

4. Who lives in the old hogans behind Hoski Butte?

5. In Chapter 8, who does Leaphorn consider the last untapped possibility?

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